Attachment for barbers&#39; chairs.



APPLICATION FILED AYE-20,1909.

- Patnted 0ct.19,1909.

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BENJAMIN S. HEAD, OF DOVER, OKLAHOIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR BABBEBS CHADS.

To an whom it may concerni- Be it known that I, BENJAMIN S. MEAD, a

- citizen of the United States, residing at Dover, in the county ofKingfisher and State a of Oklahoma, have invented a new and usefulAttachment for Barbers Chairs, of-

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for barbers chairs and is moreparticularly anauxiliary seat designed to travel upon the floor andaround the chair occupied by the customer, this auxiliary seatconstituting the support for the barber who is thus enabled to remainseated while at work.

A further object is to provide an attachment of this character which issimple and durable in construction and which can be readily applied toordinary forms of barbers chairs.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel details of 1 construction and combinations of parts hereinaftermore fully described and pointed out in the claims. In the accompanyingdrawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown. In saiddrawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the attachment in position upon abarbers Tchair. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, only a portion of thepedestal of the barbers chair being shown. Fig. 3 ,is an enlargedsection through. portions of the supporting collar and the ring movablethereon.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference A designatesthepedestal of a barbers chair and secured to this edestal is a split ring1 each section of which has outstanding ears 2 designed to be boltedtogether so as to cause the sections to bind tightly upon the pedestal,said sections being provided in their upper faces with guide grooves 3.The ring 1 constitutesa supporting collar for a split ring 4 whichextends loosely around the pedestal and has its sections connected attheir endsby means of bolts 5 extending through outstanding ears 6. Thisring 4 is provided on its lower face with a rib 7 projecting into anddesigned to travel within'the grooves 3. The split ring 4 is formed atone end of a tube 8 extending radially therefrom, said tube beingpreferably angular in transverse section and designed to receive an arm9 which is slidable therein and which can be held in any desiredposition by means of a-set screw 10 or in any other suitable manner. Thearm 9 extends Specification of Letter! latent.

Application fled April I), 1. Serial Io. 91,011.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

dicularly from a tubular standard 11 downwardly diver forks 12 at itslower end in each of WlllCll 1s journaled a wheel 13. The wheels aredisposed out of alinement so as to readily travel along a linesubstantially concentric with the pedestal A.

The standard 11 is preferably angular in transverse section and has ashank 14 slidably mounted within it, said shank being provided withratchet teeth 15 designed to be automatically engaged by aspring-controlled pawl 16 carried by the standard 11. The pawl andratchet teeth are so disposed as to permit the stem 14 to be movedupwardly but to prevent downward movement of the stemnnloss the pawl isfirst disengaged from the ratchet teeth. A seat 17 is swlveled upon thetop of the stem 14 and can be of any preferred construction.

It is believed that the manner of attaching the device to a barberschair will be readily understood from the foregoing description whenread in connection with the accompan drawings. The split ring 1 is firstplaced around the pedestal and clamped thereon after which the splitring 4 is also placed around the pedestal so as to permit its rib 7 totravel within the groove 3. The arm 9 is adjusted the tube 8 to bringthe standard 11 at a desired distance from the pedestal and the stem 14is then adjusted vertically so as as support the seat 17 at a desiredelevation. The barber remains seated while at work, the height of theseat 17 being suflicient to enable his feet to just touch the floor and,by pushing either to the right or to the left the wheel-supportedstandard 11 and the parts connected thereto will be free to move easilyin either direction around the pedestal A.

It will be seen that the attachment is very iflt'erent forms of forrotation upon the supporting ring and having a continuous rib arrangedfor movement within the groove, an extensible member radiating from thelast Inentionedring, a tubular standard integral therewith, down- Wardlydiverging forks integral with the standard, supporting wheels journaledtherein, and a vertically adjustable seat mounted upon the standard.

2. An attachment for barbers chairs comprising a standard, a seatadjustably supported thereon, diverging forks extending downwardly fromthe standard, supporting wheels journaled within the forks, said wheelsbeing disposed out of alinement and on lines radiating from thestandard, a pedestal-engaging ring, revoluble pedestal-en-v gaging meansmounted upon said ring, and a telescopic connection between said meansand the standard. 1

3. An attachment for barbers chairs comprising a standard, a seatadjustably mounted thereon, downwardly diverging non-alining forks uponthe standard, a supporting bly mounted wheeljournalcd within each fork,a p edestal-engagin supporting ring, a ring revoluupon the supportingring, and a telescopic connection between said movable ring and thestandard. i

4. An attachment for barbers chairs including a split ring, means forbinding the same upon the pedestal of a chair, said ring having acontinuous guide groove therein, a second split ring mounted on thefirst mentioned ring, said second ring having acontinuous rib designedto travel within the groove, a wheel-supported standard, the axes of thewheels being disposed along lines ra-

